Kroes Says Military Approach to Cyber Security Not Enough

By Nick Clayton

International cyberattacks on EU member states are growing and the threat is not going to go away, according to European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes. The way to challenge the criminals responsible, she told the Infosec security trade show in London via a recorded video message, is not through a military approach, but through co-operation.

The only effective way to combat cybercrime is to create a central information hub where businesses and governments can share critical information.

“The threats come from a variety of places across the globe, they cross seas,” she said. “This is not just EU, we need global cooperation. Internet security is not a problem that is going away. Even as I’ve been speaking, 700 new malwares have entered the market.”

As we reported, Ms. Kroes’s statement comes shortly after the European Commission announced the setting up of a Cybercrime center under the auspices of the European Union police agency Europol and a European parliamentary committee called for criminal laws against hacking to be enacted across all member states.

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